Boot or shoe



(No Model.)

G. O. BUG H. BOOT OR SHOE.

No. 298,346. Patented May 13, 1884.

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' NHE STATES GEORGE O. BUOH, OF EUREKA, MISSOURI.

BOOT OR SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,346, dated May 13,1884.

Application filed March 14, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, GEORGE O. BUOH, of Eureka, St. Louis county,Missouri, have made a new and useful Improvement in Boots and Shoes, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, inwhich Figure l is a view in perspective of the inner sole; Fig. 2, aview in perspective showing the heel-lining piece attached to the innersole; Fig. 3, a view in perspective showing the counter and upperattached to the inner sole; Fig. l, a view in perspective showing theouter sole attached in position; Fig. 5, a viewin perspective of theheel; Fig. 6, aview in perspective of the heel-plate, and Fig. 7 a viewin perspective showing the heel attached.

All of the views are looking toward the under sides of the partsrespectively shown.

The same letters of reference denote the same parts.

I have heretofore obtained Letters Patent for an improvement in bootsand shoes, on an improved mode of attaching the heel to the boot orshoe.

The present invention is an improvement upon the construction referredto, the improvement consisting in the mode of constructing and combiningthe inner sole, the counter, and the heel, substantially as hereinafterdescribed, and designated in the claim.

A, Figs. 1, 2, 3, represents the inner sole. It is provided upon itsunderside, at theheel, The heel-lining piece B,

attached to the inner sole, and as follows: In place of turning thelower edge of the counter in at the inner sole, and, on the other hand,in place of extending the lower edge of the counter so as, as shown inthe patented construction above referred to, to come even with the loweredge of the heel-fastening plate, the lower edge, 0, of the counter, aswell as the lower edge, I), of the heel-lining piece, is extended andmade to come just even with the lower side of the welt A, as shown inFig. 3. The counter is then attached by means of fastenings c, Fig. 3,passing laterally into the welt and inner sole. The outer sole, D, isthen fastened to the inner sole and welt, as in Fig. 4. The heel E isthen attached. There is a rabbet, 0, extending around the upper part ofthe heel, and the heel is attached by means of the heel-plate F, Figs.6, 7, and in the manner shown in Fig. 7that is, the heel-plate is madeto fit into the rabbet e in the heel, and at its upper edge is fastenedto the inner sole and welt, and at its lower edge it is fastened to theheel. The fasteningsf at the upper edge of the heel-plate pass throughthe counter into the inner sole, and the fastenings f at the lower edgeof the heel-plate pass directly into the heel. The heel-plate, at itsforward ends, is provided with the inwardly-turned extensionsf f which,as shown in Fig. 7, are secured to the shoe at the front of the heel.

I claim The combination, substantially as described, of the inner sole,A, the welt A, the counter 0, extended as described, the outer sole, D,the heel E, having the rabbet e and the plate F.

XVitness my hand.

- GEORGE O. BUGH. \Vitnesses:

C. D. MOODY, AUG. BUOH.

